The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 19, 1943, Page Page Four, Image 4
D on ld Law ....................................Editor
X'rOIALa STArP
George Fall - L. Sports Editor
Howard Lindsay .... Nowe Editor
Doris Nash ......... .......... Co-ed Editor
Helen edden ................... Society Editor
Tom Perrin ....................Exhne dto
T ebchage Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Pitkin Bell, Morris Mazursky, Jimmy Brock
man, Sloan Hungerpiller, Christine Cannon.
Sarah Flinn ................Managing Editor
WE WAS ROOKED
Some student, the professional griper, no
doubt, awoke one day with the unpleasant fact
staring him in the face that he hadn't raised
a stink in a long time, since the last day of
exams, in fact. lie wracke(d his brains for
something to kick about. but it was beautiful
weather, so that wouldn't do.
He thought of all the things he'd griped
about in the past. There had been student il
locations, the literary societies and what-not.
But these things had been griped about by too
many people. le must have something dif
ferent, for the good griper is the individualist
who picks a remote subject and sticks to it.
Then it came to him in a flash. Why not
the book store? And the canteen? The two
together would provide griping material for
the remainder of the year. It would be his
own little gripe, because everyone else had ac
eepted the report of the student council's com
mittee that the book store was o. k.
And yet, it would appeal to other sttidents
because who is the man who doesnt. dislike
anything that touches his pocketbook ? Of
course, he would have to have a scapegoat,
a person to bear the brunt of his gripes. And
who could better serve the ptirpose than the
book store's Charlie David ? le would be the
butt of all gripes.
So the student planned his strategy. Wasn't
the book store called a cooperative ? Wasn't
the canteen called a cooperative? And even
if the student council said the book store was
o. k., couldn't anybody see that its income was
more than expenses? If they bought a book
for $1.25 and soih it for $2. there must, be muore
incomne than expenos? And if thile canteen
does a big turnover at the retail prices pre
vailing in profit-making stores. then there nmst.
be a profit at the canteen.
Then where was the money going? h'lie
student council had investigated and found
everything o. k. It would be hard to accuse
anyone of graft, because eve ry body knows
there's no graft in the book store an(d canteen.
People may complain about Charlie David
when they sold books, but they had better
sense than to be convinced that Charlie was
involved. Some people even like Charlie a fter
they get to know him.
But the book store and canteen are called co
op)s and co-ops are non-profit. Thne Atudent
decided then that the book store and( canteen
are profit making institutions, but lie couildn't
see where tile profit went. That stumpl1edl him.
Dejectedly, lhe droppedl the whole thing and
decided to gripe about gas rationing. lHe had1(
fa iled to find something different t.o gripe
about.
THE TRASH CAN AND
THE WAR EFFORT
Fr'om Prof. E. C. (Coker-, chlairmani of the
faculty comnuniiittee on ground~ts amd buildings,
comes an urgent ap)peal that stud(entls refrain
from throwing trashl on the c'ampuls. The ap
peal is one wh ih is isued alm iost a nnually and
KS8K sicks a coniniit tee onm thle prioblemi everyV
y'ear.
But this vear the situa1tion is dhifferent. With
a laboring st aflf vast ly cut by wvari deumals,
it is hard to find enough mni to cover the,
w'hole campu1I)is, picking upl piaper p)iece hvy liece.
Furthermore, the student body seemas more
careless ab lout trash than ever be fore. In former
years, one man has b)eenl able to clean thme en
tire campus, bult nlow the jolb has b)ecome too
heavy for him.
Appeals to p)ridle and decency seem futile.
so the Gamecock will be forced to use the fa
miiar one of patriotism. For the sake of the
wvar effort, please thrfow youur paper in a traish
can or stick it in your p)ocket.
THE MARINES HAVE
A WORD FOR IT
A story from the South Pacific tells of an
unusually hot engagement with the .Jap)s, dur
ing which the law school's (Lient.) Ed Cush
man of the Marines Climlbedl to a dangerous
height, struck a Napoleonic pose and yelled to
his men, "Come on, you s, I'l.l showv
you how a Southern gentleman (lies".
(The omitted phrase is' one widely known
in the Marine Corps vocabulary and the use
of it is no reflection on a Southern gentleman,
if used in the line of duty)'
Cushman came back alive, but it was said
that he provedl his point.
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COLLEGES IN PEACETIME
Washington has produced plans and more
plans for the utilization of colleges in the war
effort. No big-wig is a very big wig until lie
has added his suggestion to the stack.
Already, plans are being put into effect to
train in colleges the various reserves and spe
cialist. branches. For many colleges, it will
be a life-saver, allowing them to maintain their
faculties and facilities and carry on a part of
their regular curriculiim. After the war, it
will be easy to turn back to the old routine
with a capable faculty and enough money to
11111 01).
But if colleges and universities are so valu
aleto to a l government in wartime, is it not pos
sible that the government ,will find it expedient
to use them after the war? The demand for
highly training technicians will be greater than
ever at the close of the var.
Thus eduicational institutions (all play a
great part in the reconstruction to follow the
var. But there is a danger involved, one which
President. Robert Maynard 1hutchins of the
Ilniversity of Ch( icago describes capably in a
recent issue of the Christian Century.
It is. ill suminary, that the government,
which is now prescribing exactly what courses
are taught ill colleges and settiig requiireminents
for college facilties. will coitinue to do so in
peavetimie. le fears that the government may
abolish such features of liberal education as
philosophy. history. literature and the arts to
substitute some foreign language which would
enable a person to IecoIe a Military police in
a country occilpied by the United States. An
other future for colleges would Le to turn them
into tratie schools, which wollid probably be
of more value to the government than the old
schools of arts and sciences.
Doctor Iluitchills probably is looking for
soliletiling to worry about. The Americanl
government ha1s kept hands off of education in
the past. il so far as regimenting their cur
ricuuilIi is colcerned. But there is the possi
bility that our governmuent will not always be
as lelmiocratic an(I decentralized as it lias been
inl the past.
THE DIRTY CLOTHES BUSINESS
A nlea1r crisis arose on the caipuis as the
weekend foimli nIuy a stul(ent shirtless, pant
less aind dateless. No game of stipi l)oker was
the caum of' I t his catastrophe. 1but rather a
laundry and1( dry (lean ing system that is high -
ly overwo rked.
Studecnts~ whlo sent their lundlry (oit Mon
<bywr greeted( with a 1)olite 'No" when
they called for it Fridaiy. Less5 fortunlate oneWs
f ou i vaiou (ls pI~eces of*(I clothig miiissinhg when'l
the Ilanlry did( meturn1.
Ini thle lace of a Pair oIf conlservaitive., mtas
clnline pIaj:uulas, one ind(ignuant imale received
a pair of loodyI( red~ polka (lot nighties, with
t wo- foot w 4Ie legs betraying them as blelong
ing to a feimale. ( Miss "CLMI" may call for
her i ajm s ala1 1t th e office (If thle Uiiversityv
(Co-operat ive Stores).
Reason(Il for1 all the conIfuIsion was t hat the
(Innlteen' aru tihIle Ilundry whtich hand les Uii
versity clean iig have taken oni the addlitionali
1la1undrmy serv ice of thle Pre- flight school's 400
boys. .\t fi rst . the P re-fl ighit laundry wais
hand led sepa rately, butt no(w 1 niversity laun11
dryT is set tout along withI thle Pre-flighters.
So far, cantteen and haumdory officials have
met( the situaion bv11 p) aying for echl article
lost. Thiey limve not been'i ale( to sp)eedO de
livery' of launidry, however, and1( the( tiime may
comei( when issinIg p)ieces will amou)int to too
muilch to) allow for refunmds.
It seems Ii kely that to keel) University
haummidry sepairate from the P~re-fl ight laundry
wVouldl reliceve the situait ion to somei dlegree. At
any rate, the solutioni is one which we hope the
Univerity will tackle at on1ce.
A VIOLET BY ANY OTHER NAME
D)r. Hlavihah Isabcock disclosedl to onie of his
classes the other (lay that his friends in Vir
ginia often call him Vilah, or Viola and that
he sometimies gets letters addressed to "Miss
Violet Babc )ock". Thliis i nformration was mean11t
only for the c!onsumption of the 12 members
of the class, b)ut in some way it has become
general campus knowlege.
Ed.'s warning: The over-verbose may buist
tile course.
rhe Gamecock
- Founded January 30, 1908 U=PeWITo PoK
ERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor National Adv
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WASHINTON BOUND?
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Washington-(ACP)-Hlorror stories or no, many a collegian
will cock his hat toward Washington come job-hunting time
in the spring.
If you have the capt)itll bullg, you'll worry about making a
Imlodest salury stretch over the nation's highest high-cost-of
living, about living with a million and a half where only half
a -M:!!.i. rC meant to be.
Here's what hardened WaIshin1gtonians can tell you about
Washington today:
,: * * *
They're exhorting hlouseholdlers to conivert their spare rooms
and1( ulnused aitties into qularters for' government workers. Over
by the Potomac, they're tossing together temporary dlormi
tories for government white-collar girls. But youl can still
get am room in reasonabile short order, thanks to ~a registry of
roomlls set upl for the likes of you.
The registry is in tile U'. S. Information Building (formerly
b illed as "Mellett's Madhouise") at 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue,
five nunuimtes b)y st reamnlinied trolley fromn Union Station. Make
thalt youtr fir'st stop ill Washington.
Th'le r'egistry will hellp you find a room. For men or women,
rooms1 run from $20 to $40 a month. With two meals a day,
$40 to $60) a mon01th.
THllE APARTMENT TRICK
Fi nding an apalrtmlent is something else again. At 1400 P~enn
syl van ia, thiey'll laulgh and say "imp)ossible." Actually, youl canI
get an apartnment-I F you're p)ersistent enough and1 recruit
enough early settlers to hlp.
T1he apalrtmnent ImaInalgers w'ill say they habe waiting lists
of 300 to 1 ,000 naumes. Andl they have.
The trick is finding an1 ap)artmenlt dIweller ab)out to leave
townl-b)oundl for the "fields," for the Army, for back home,
f<or any place. Th'len work a deal to slip i'n as he slips out,
givmng a mnniInm of troublle to tihe management. Then you're
mi luck.
But it takes time. And b)etter earmark 25 per cent of your
lpay for renit.
FACTS OF LIFE
Lumnches inl governmenit cafeterias cost 30 cents. You'll pay
40, especially if you like (desserts . . . Six streetcar fares.for 50
cents. Or a weekly pass5 good for as many ridles as y'ou care
to take for $1 .25 . . . Might as well buy your dud(s at home.
Y ou'll have little timie to shop. And stores arIe very short
hlandled, jainngd li ke Christmas . . . Be prepared to gos money
hlungry for six 01' seven weeks. 'rakes the machinery that long
to grind out your' first p)aycheck . . . Two dollars' a day for
laundry and1( cleauning . . . D)on't forget. You-' chec'k wi~ll be
nicked 5 per' (ent for retir'ement . . . And another 5 per cent
for' victory tax . . . And you'll want to p)ut 10 per cent asideC
for war b)ondIs . . . So happy budgeting!
GOVERNMENT GIRLS
The lot of a white collar gui in Washington is not exactly
a happy one. 1Her folks at home fondly think she's getting a
heav'y tan from sharing the spotlight with big shots? gr'owing
giuldy in the whirl along embassy row, and making big money.
Those who dlon't knowv her think she's primping on taxpayer's
money. Congressional growlers picturie her as a cross between
ai reliefer andl a shiftless squIatter.
Actually, she's a hard worker who has a tough time looking
trim 011 $1 ,440. She gets homesick mlor'e often than she'll adumit.
Her' morale may not lbe muIlch-but it's all she -has to keep her
ging.l
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CANNON
FODDER
BY TINA CANNON
SCENE AT KA HOUSE..
Active-"Did you take a shower bath?"
Pledge-"No. Is one missing?,"
HEALTH HINT&..
With the return of freezing weather, naturally many people are suffer
ing with colds, flu, and respiratory infections of some sort or another.
In order to prevent the start of an epidemic, here are a few health hints
offered gratis, in cooperation with the Health Service, which should
keep you out of the infirmary:
I. When you sneeze in your neigh'or's face, be sure that both of
you use your own handkerchiefs.
2. Try using your own toothbrush and towels for a change.
:. If your roommate is in the infiVmary, wear a gas mask when you
visit there, so you will not pick up a germ anywhere.
4. Sterilize all the pencils and pens you horrow from your neighbors.
5. If you have to (late, now is the time to go intellectual.
6. You coeds, don't invite more than three or four girls in to spend
the night with you, especially if some one of you has a case of the snif
fles.
7. If you own some red woolies, wear 'em, brother, wear eml Or
if you're shy about that, auction them off from the toil$of Maxcy monu
ment-there are lots of people who would like to have some.
SONG OF THE CANTEEN...
"Were you the quarterback on the varsity?"
"Nope, I was a nickle back on the bottle".
TOUGH LUCK . . .
A young draftee, home on his first leave, stayed so long that he had
to take a plane, and a sleeper plane at that, to get back to camp on time.
Just as he was about to board the plane, a beautiful young damsel
rushed up in hysterics because there were no vacancies on the plane,
and she had to get home, illness in the family, etc. So the young draf
tee gallantly gave her his reservation, and wired to his Commanding
Officer, "Request extension of leave. Just gave berth to girl". The
C. 0. replied, "Not granted. Your next confinement will be in the
b)rig".
SLOGANS FOR VICTORY.. .
"You Can't Sit at Ease to Beat the Nipponese".
"Pass the Schedule, Not the Buck".
"Bullets, not Bull".
"If We Equip Them, Our Boys Will Beat Them".
"T. N. T.--Today Not. Tomorrow"
"If It's Nip and Tuck, Make It the Nip That Gets Tuck".
"Speed the Wheels to Beat the Heels".
HOW'S THE HOUSE. ..
Herbert, the little moron, bought one of those mail-order houses
the kind that come in sections-and decided to save himself some
money. He was going to put it together himself. After two months *
he had it all assembled, and invited his friends over to see it.
"My goodness, Herbert", one friend exclaimed, "your house is up
side dlown!I"
"So that's it," said Herbert. "No wonder I keep falling off the porch".
PATTER , ..
"So you're a salesman! What's your line?"
"Salt".
"I'm a salt seller, too."
"Shake".
We heard a story bthe other clay albout an amusing incident that hap.
pened in one of the history classes. There was a quiz given, and one
of the questions was, "Name two ancient sports". The classic answer
given by an innocent freshman was, "Anthony and Cleopatra" . . . College
is just like the laundry-you get out of it just what you put into it
but you'd never recognize it . .. Folks who don't know which way to *
turn have no business in a revolving door .. . Flash I in next week's
column I will tell about a coed's trip to the USO, the trials and tribu
lations encountered.there.,
LEFT FLAT.. .
Private Walter Brown was walking down Green street on his way to
Sims college one afternoon when all of a sudden he was struck from
behind by a city buts. Sad to say, it mashed him flatter than a pancake,
Some passers-by picked hinm up, brushed him off, and helped him over
to Sims. They stopped at the door of the KD room and yelled for Tan
Miller. "Whaddya want?" Tan yelled from within, where she was
busy playing bridge with Buggy Graham. "We have a soldier out
here who wants to see you", they yelled backeb "A bus ran over him
and mashed him flatter than a pancake".
"Well, just shove him under the door", Tan replied. "I'm too busy